出国留学了解西方文化对我们融入当地的学习生活都有很大的帮助。而节假日更是传统文化的重要组成部分。复活节在哪天?复活节是什么节日?关于复活节在哪天，新东方网留学频道在此为大家介绍西方传统节日之复活节。

　　Easter (also called the Pasch or Pascha is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament. Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday), commemorating the Last Supper and its preceding foot washing, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called Eastertide, or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday.

　　Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the March equinox. Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies between 22 March and 25 April. Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian calendar, whose 21 March corresponds, during the 21st Century, to 3 April in the Gregorian calendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.

　　Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In many languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover" are etymologically related or homonymous. Easter customs vary across the Christian world, but attending sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church and decorating Easter eggs, a symbol of the empty tomb, are common motifs. Additional customs include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades, which are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians.

　　复活节(主复活日)是现今基督教徒的重要节日之一，定在每年春分月圆之后第一个星期日。基督徒认为，复活节象征重生与希望，乃纪念耶稣基督于公元33年被钉死后第三天复活的事迹。不过在现今，许多与复活节相关的民间风俗，都不是起源于基督教的。

　　在西方，与复活节相关的物品有复活节兔和复活节彩蛋。传说复活节彩蛋都是兔子的蛋(但事实上，兔子其实是不下蛋的，所以复活节彩蛋其实都是鸡蛋)，有些人喜欢在蛋上画各种各样的鬼脸或花纹。而这些民间风俗都不是起源于基督教的。

　　[推荐阅读：各国复活节都怎么放假（中英文）]

　　《天主教百科全书》指出“复活节吸纳了许多庆祝春回大地的异教习俗。”蛋象征初春一切恢复生机，兔子象征多产和生命力。如今依然流行的复活节庆祝活动，充分证明了复活节含有浓厚的巴比伦色彩。今天人们在耶稣受难日吃十字包和在复活节吃彩蛋，这些宗教习俗可见于迦勒底的宗教仪式中。

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